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These are twelve-meter yachts, called simply twelves, a reference not to their length of 65 ft. or so but to the quotient of a complicated formula involving water line, sail area and displacement. Auto racers tune their engines no more fastidiously than boat architects tweak their designs. Discretion is usually the rule. The captain of the British syndicate-like the love life of a horse, an America's Cup boat is never the property of an individual, always a syndicate-is a multimillionaire financier by the name of Peter de Savary. In the corridors of the N.Y.Y.C...
Whether Watson succeeds or not in Colorado Springs, the diver will travel to Ronneby, Sweden, this coming week to compete in the Swedish Cup, which features the top 16 divers in the world. Watson is among the eight seeded divers and stands a good chance to win the three-meter competition...
...king of Harvard diving. Dan Watson, will be among the more active Crimson athletes this summer, beginning with the diving championships in Colorado Springs this weekend Watson is competing in the three-meter springboard and 10-meter platform events, hoping to qualify for the Pan-American Games to be held in August. The two top finishers in each event earn a ticket south...
Based on his previous performances. Watson stands a good chance of making the grade. The soon-to-be junior took third in the three-meter at the U.S. Indoor Nationals in Indianapolis last April and a year ago won the national championship in the platform event. At the Sports Festival Watson is competing against perennial champion Greg Louganis of UCal-Irvine and other world-class divers. "The U.S. has the best divers in the world, and Dan's definitely one of them," Harvard dining coach John Walker says...
Despite his accomplishments, including 1500-meter victories in the IC4A's in 1981 and 1983 and captaining the 1981 cross-country team, Dixon has had a roller coaster career at Harvard. A foot injury incurred during a dual meet with Army sidelined the track star for 14 months. At the time vying to become the top collegiate middle distance runner; after the injury many counted Dixon out of the running...